1 Sleep, Cognition and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
2 Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
3 PERFORM Center, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
4 Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, QC, Canada.
5 Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
6 Département des Sciences de l'activité physique, GRAPA, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
7 Department of Medicine and Centre de recherche de l'Institut de cardiologie de Montréal, Université de Montréal, QC, Canada.
8 Centre de recherche, CIUSSS du Nord-de l'Île-de-Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
9 School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

Recent evidence shows that a nap and acute exercise synergistically enhanced memory. Additionally, human-based cross-sectional studies and animal experiments suggest that physical exercise may mitigate the cognitive impairments of poor sleep quality and sleep restriction, respectively. We evaluated whether acute exercise may offset sleep restriction's impairment of long-term declarative memory compared to average sleep alone. A total of 92 (82% females) healthy young adults (24.6 ± 4.2 years)...